Sei whales, which typically inhabit offshore, deep-water areas, are still classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation’s Red List of Threatened species The coastal waters ...

At least one humpback whale is making its way along the Garden City and Myrtle Beach coasts, with at least two official ...

The majestic blue-grey sei whales have begun to resurface along the Patagonian coast of Argentina, a region from which they had vanished nearly 100 years ago due to relentless hunting. This ...

A sei whale in front of the distinctive backdrop of Cape Pembroke. Photos: Caroline Weir Acoustic research by wildlife charity, Falklands Conservation (FC), and the non-profit African Aquatic ...

Researchers also created computer models of the sei whale’s vocalisations and matched them to recordings of similar whales taken in the wild. Whales’ ancestors were land-dwellers about 50 ...

On July 1, Japan announced commercial whaling quotas authorizing the annual slaughter of 25 sei whales, 187 Bryde’s whales, and 171 minke whales. The IWC’s underlying treaty, the International ...

The whaling ships have a permit to catch 227 minke, Bryde's and sei whales this year in Japanese waters. Japan's last commercial hunt was in 1986, but it has continued whaling for what it says are ...

For this year, the agency has set a combined catch quota of 379 for the three other whale species. Last year, Japanese whalers caught 294 minke, Bryde’s and sei whales — less than 80% of the ...

or "voice boxes", that had been carefully removed from three carcasses of stranded whales - a minke, a humpback and a sei whale. They then blew air through the massive structures to produce the sound.